Inkstand



(No Model.). W. W. CAMPBELL.

INKSTAND.

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WOODLEY WILLIAMSON CAMPBELL, OF BUSTI, NEW YORK.

IN KSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,278, datedAugust'26, 1890.

Application filed March 31, 1890. Serial No. 346,074. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WOODLEY WILLIAM- SON CAMPBELL, a citizen of theUnited States, A

and a resident of Busti, in the county of Chautauqua and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstands;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is avertical section. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are details. Fig. 5 is a modication.Figs. 6, 7, and 8 show modications.

This invention relates to inkstands; and it consists of thenovelpconstruotion and combination of parts, as will appear from thefollowing description and accompanying illustration.

In the drawings, A refers to the well of the inkstand, which is providedwith a lateral extension or nose B at the bottom, oommunicatingtherewith through a contracted passage a. The ink-well A may have in itsbottom an air-tight closed lling-opening.

C is a cupwhich is screwed upon the upper edge of the nose or extensionB, and Bf is a funnel within the said cup. The cup C has at its upperedge an outwardly and upwardly flared rim or flange h, the purpose ofwhich is to receive and return anyink that may pass up between the cupand funnel to the nose or extension below.- The flange or rimb may beinclosed by a suitable cover, if desired. The funnel B has an outercylindric portion or wall which iits the cupA C snugly, and is providedwith abottom c, which has a ange c', fitting or abutting air-tightagainst an annular or continuous shoulder c2 upon the bottom edge of thecup C. In this manner an air-tight stopper is provided for the nose orextension B. The funnel B has its lower tapering end arranged at thelower inner edge of the cup C, adapted to receive a minimum quantity ofink as the funnel is depressed by the application of downward pressureto it, as presently seen. The fun- `nel B has applied around its uppercylindric portion or wall a spring D, which is conneoted to said funnel'and the upper edge of the cup O, whereby the funnel, when relieved ofdownward `pressure after its depression, is caused to automaticallyreturn to its normal elevated position. It will therefore be observedthat as the pen is passed into the funnel, as practiced in supplying itwith ink, it is brought into contact with the funnel, and the pressurethus exerted upon the funnel will depress the latter, submerging itslower endinto the ink in the ink-well extension or nose-B. rlhus the inkwill flow into said end of the funnel and supply the penpoint with ink,immediately after which the pen of course is withdrawn, removing thepressure and allowing the closing of the lower open end oi' the funnel,and consequently preventing evaporation of the ink, as would otherwiseoccur. As the pen is removed from the funnel B ,the entering air willbubble past the ink in the neck or passage between the nose or extensionB and the inkwell, and thus replenish the supply of ink in saidextension to the extent of its displacement by the dipping of the penthereinto.

In Fig. 5 are shown modifications as to certain minor details ofconstruction as relates more particularly to the cup O and the funnel Band the application of the spring D; also, in Figs. G, 7, and 8 areshown modifications of my invention, the funnel B being' pivoted orhinged at its lower outer edge, permitting it to tilt inward anddownward at its lower inner edge, as indicated in dotted lines, togainaccess to the ink.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

l. The inkstand having the funnel, the lower end of which is held by aspring closed 'against the containing-cup secured upon an IGO Intestimony whereof I alx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WOODLEY WILLIAMSON 'CAMPBELL Witnesses:

ORLANDO J. STODDARD, MERLE C. STODDARD.

